Ise monogatari 伊勢物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16114.f.26
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1696
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Good. No worm damage and few soiled or stained folios. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 29 sumizuri illustrations; 1 double-page frontispiece and 13 single-page in maki 上, 15 single-page in maki 下. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto], Maruya Ichibē, Genroku 9, 1696. Kanki on fol. 32a reads: 元禄丙子九歳正月 二條通柳馬場西口入 ／ 丸屋市兵衛. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a box. (Maki 上) ff. [1] , 1-10, 11 / 16, 17-26; (maki 下) ff. 1-20, 21 / 26, 27-32. 25.4 x 18.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.8 x 16.9 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed dakuten and kutōten. 13 lines to page, 26-28 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers overpainted with a design of willow trees and cloud bands in gold, now tarnished. Original printed title slips, centrally placed, with gedai: Yomikuseiri (tsunogaki) Ise monogatari よみくせ入 (角書) 伊勢物語. No naidai. Hashiragaki: Daiji Ise jō (ge) 大字いせ上 (下) + folio no. Edition: One of the very large number of illustrated Edo-period editions. Contents: Plain text of Ise monogatari 伊勢物語, punctuated to facilitate reading.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired at Glendining's sale, London, 22 March 1956.

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).C. Japanese works 和書 5. Literature - fiction 国文-小説 a. Early monogatari 古物語

Bibliography

Ise monogatari ni tsukite no kenkyū, hoi hen 伊勢物語に就きての研究・補遺篇, p. 701, pl. 96: Japanese woodcut book illustrations, vol. 1, pp. 195-225.